Provides the latest RSS feeds for Breaking Technology News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Peking Press.com http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/cat/d805653303cbbba8/ en-us Wed, 22 May 2013 08:21:46 -0400 Wed, 22 May 2013 08:21:46 -0400 30 HTC reportedly is in crisis due to "disastrous" sales of its HTC First handset that features Facebook Home, with multiple staff having fled the ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214686470/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:57:29 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214686470/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Steve Wilhite ruined lives on Tuesday with the revelation that "GIF" is actually pronounced "Jif". Wilhite made the shocking revelation during an interview ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214686471/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:57:28 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214686471/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Pennsylvania in the early evening sun. The sky casts a golden pall over a patch of foliage as the pair make their way into town. Fireflies dance in the sunlight, distracting Ellie as Joel scowls and pushes forward with nary a glance. You control Joel throughout The Last of Us, but this section is all about Ellie. 14 years old and born after the fungus brought the world to its knees, Ellie is ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214686472/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:49:26 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214686472/scat/d805653303cbbba8 BEIJING: China has appealed for communication with the US on cyber security, Xinhua reported. While stressing that cybersecurity was a global issue, confronting not only America but also China, a foreign ministry spokesperson Hong Lei said: "China proposes stronger cooperation with the United States on cyber security." The statement came during a daily press briefing in response to a ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214686473/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:42:18 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214686473/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to TCS headquarters in Mumbai and his promise to open up his country's services industry may further boost the Indian IT major's forays in the communist ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214686474/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:42:17 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214686474/scat/d805653303cbbba8 scandal in 2002, his wife, Jaya, stood solidly behind him and went as far as to say that the episode only strengthened their marriage. "A crisis like this teaches you who your real friends are and which relationships are lasting," Jaya said in an interview to the Economic Times in 2003. "We've bonded more strongly as a family because of this episode. I've got my husband ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214686475/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:42:14 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214686475/scat/d805653303cbbba8 justice move slowly sometimes, but not, apparently, as slowly as Webster's New World Dictionary. Slang has always been a challenge for the courts in cases that involve vulgar or insulting language. Conventional dictionaries lag the spoken word by design. That has lawyers and judges turning to a more fluid source of definitions: Urban Dictionary, a crowd-sourced collection of slang words on ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214686476/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:42:14 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214686476/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Li Keqiang here. Li will arrive here today on a two-day visit after his official visit to India. The state-owned Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) issued a formal notification to all cellular companies to shut the services until 1 PM local time. Pakistani officials say that militants routinely use mobile phone for planning and implementing attacks. The authorities have taken security ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214686477/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:42:13 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214686477/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple is one of America's most profitable companies. And it pays a substantial income tax bill to the U.S. government -- by its own account, $6 billion in 2012 and an estimated $7 billion this ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214685613/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:39:02 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214685613/scat/d805653303cbbba8 US government’s belief in the efficiency of its private sector to run its power infrastructure is proving completely bogus. According to a Congressional report, it would be more secure for US infrastructure for congress to put a cat in charge of the network than leave things as they are. The report said that inefficiencies in how security standards are set and "haphazard" ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214686478/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:33:38 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214686478/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Tim KellyTOKYO (Reuters) - Few foreign activist investors have made much headway in forcing change in Japan, where a conservative corporate culture favours long-standing ties with banks, business partners and workers rather than shareholders seeking value.Struggling electronics giant Sony Corp, though, with more foreign and fewer bank shareholders, may prove something of an exception. ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214686028/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 06:24:26 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214686028/scat/d805653303cbbba8 TOKYO -; Sony's CEO Kazuo Hirai says the company's board will discuss a proposal by U.S. hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb to spin off up to 20 percent of its movie, TV and music ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214684776/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:48:29 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214684776/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google Inc's tax affairs will come under renewed scrutiny in Britain on Wednesday when the leader of the opposition Labour party accuses the Internet company of wrongly going to "extraordinary lengths" to avoid paying tax. In comments designed to politically outflank Prime Minister David Cameron ahead of next month's G8 summit on what has become a high-profile issue, Ed ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214685421/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:34:33 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214685421/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Growing concern in European capitals about aggressive tax avoidance by high-profile corporations such as Amazon, Google and Apple looks set to steal the agenda of a European Union summit in ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214685422/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:34:32 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214685422/scat/d805653303cbbba8 that the US government will be using drones to spy on its citizens might not have any basis, as its security forces move towards satellite spying instead. In September, the US government will fire into orbit a two-stage rocket from a Virginia launchpad. According to official reports, the mission is scientific one, designed to improve America's ability to send small satellites into space ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214685423/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:26:00 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214685423/scat/d805653303cbbba8 of immigration reform in the US has been halted by partisan bickering for years, and it might be about to start taking its toll on the economy, coupled with less than stellar high school education. New York state faces a shortfall of thousands of skilled techies to sustain the growth of its tech sector ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214685424/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:25:59 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214685424/scat/d805653303cbbba8 , while AMD has been trying to boost its mobile processing range it seems that Qualcomm and Samsung have used the interest in smartphones and tablets to their advantage. Unfettered by the slump in the PC market and with products in place to take advantage of the interest in tablets and smartphones, Qualcomm and Samsung have managed to push AMD off the second and third rankings to a dismissal ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214685425/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:25:58 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214685425/scat/d805653303cbbba8 , Brian Krzanich, has surprised analysts by ordering a sweeping company reorganization. It had been thought that Krzanich would keep the status quo ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214685426/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:25:57 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214685426/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Chrome browser for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Armed with the catchy title of "version 27" the browser is apparently five percent faster at loading pages than earlier versions. Anyone who can spot a five percent speed increase without monitoring tools is probably imagining it, but it does show the level of programming skill that Google is throwing behind its new ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214685427/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:25:56 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214685427/scat/d805653303cbbba8 HTC is trying to reinvent itself and transform its somewhat geeky brand image. It's off to a good start, as its flagship HTC One handset is getting very positive reviews and ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214685428/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 05:25:55 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214685428/scat/d805653303cbbba8 PHOENIX -- It was the customer service disaster heard around the Internet.An Arizona restaurateur, fed up after years of negative online reviews and an embarrassing appearance on a reality television show, posted a social media rant laced with salty language and angry, uppercase letters that quickly went viral last week, to the delight of people who love a good Internet meltdown."I AM NOT ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214683752/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:36:58 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214683752/scat/d805653303cbbba8 H-1B visas - to 115,000, from 110,000 in the bill, while keeping the maximum at 180,000 a year. More important, aides to Hatch said, his provision includes a mechanism based on conditions in the labor market, intended to ensure that companies based in the United States can bring qualified foreign workers when jobs are not filled by Americans, but decreases visas when Americans are available. His ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214684492/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:27:34 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214684492/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published about online behavior. It said teens are sharing more personal information about themselves even as they try to protect their online reputations. Teens told researchers there were too many adults on Facebook and too much sharing of ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214684493/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:27:33 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214684493/scat/d805653303cbbba8 iPad maker saving billions of dollars in US taxes through Irish subsidiaries and told lawmakers that his company backs corporate tax reform, even though it may end up paying more. The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has found that Apple in 2012 alone avoided paying $9 billion in US taxes, using a strategy involving three offshore units with no discernible tax home, or ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214684494/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:27:32 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214684494/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Microsoft revealed the Xbox One, its next-generation entertainment console, during a presentation Tuesday at its headquarters in Redmond, Washington. Don Mattrick, Microsoft's president of interactive entertainment business, called it an "all-in-one home entertainment system." He said the company has spent the past four years working on the next-generation Xbox. The console was ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214684495/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:27:31 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214684495/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Tim KellyTOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp cut its sales targets for digital cameras, smartphones and tablets by 13-17 percent for the year to end-March 2015, but said there were "encouraging" signs of a revival in its electronics business.CEO Kazuo Hirai told a press briefing on Wednesday that Sony would assess a proposal from its biggest shareholder, billionaire Daniel Loeb's Third ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214683015/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:36:36 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214683015/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple tax tactic that came in for denunciation at Senate subcommittee hearing was not particularly difficult to carry out, and it seems to have been something known to some tax experts - but not to many of those whose job it is to write tax laws. "What impresses me is the effortlessness of Apple's international planning," said Edward Kleinbard, a tax law professor at the University ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214683495/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:20:09 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214683495/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: TechRepublic) LAS VEGAS -- There are apps and settings to locate a lost or stolen smartphone, and to remotely wipe the contents, but those will only get you so far if you're phone's actually been nabbed. On Tuesday, LoJack makers Absolue Software announced the imminent release ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214682719/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:07:17 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214682719/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The European maker of enterprise software would serve as a kind of middleman, analyzing data gathered by various wireless operators, selling results to marketers, and sharing the profits with the wireless ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214682720/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:07:17 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214682720/scat/d805653303cbbba8 scandal , it's hard to see a second comeback for Phaneesh Murthy. Popularly known as the 'other Murthy' at Infosys, 48-year-old Phaneesh had a meteoric career at India's second largest IT services firm, donning many roles and credited with taking the Infosys brand global as the company's global sales head along with company founders N R Narayana Murthy and Nandan ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214682545/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:13:41 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214682545/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Nasdaq-listed iGate has sacked Phaneesh Murthy, its president and CEO, after investigating charges of sexual harassment levelled against him by a subordinate ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214682544/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:13:41 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214682544/scat/d805653303cbbba8 iPad maker saving billions of dollars in US taxes through Irish subsidiaries and told lawmakers that his company backs corporate tax reform, even though it may end up paying more. The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has found that Apple in 2012 alone avoided paying $9 billion in US taxes, using a strategy involving three offshore units with no discernible tax home, or ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214682546/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:13:40 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214682546/scat/d805653303cbbba8 PANAJI: The next 'in' feature for your smart phone might very well be gesture-recognition and it is a young Goan who is behind the innovation. The creation is set to make touchscreen technology passe and would allow users to interact with their devices through thin air. Native of South Goa's ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214682547/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 02:13:39 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214682547/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Xbox One, a next-generation entertainment console that promises to be the one system households will need for games, television, movies and other entertainment.It will go on sale later this year.Don Mattrick, president of its interactive entertainment business, said the company has spent the past four years working on the "all-in-one home entertainment system".The console was ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214681607/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:12:39 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214681607/scat/d805653303cbbba8 REDMOND, Wash. — Will gamers want One? After four years of development, Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One entertainment console and touted it as an all-in-one solution for playing games, watching TV and doing everything in between. Microsoft wants the Xbox One to be central to your living room and packed the new Xbox with such features as the ability to change TV channels through voice ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214681305/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:04:22 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214681305/scat/d805653303cbbba8 CTIA gave me the opportunity to see a new screen protector from Tech21. If you haven't heard of the UK-based company, it makes some pretty durable cases for popular smartphones like ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214680771/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:50:25 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214680771/scat/d805653303cbbba8 WASHINGTON -; Now that tech darling Apple Inc. has been dragged front and center into the debate over the U.S. tax code, lawmakers are hoping that the spotlight on such a high-profile company could be the catalyst for Congress to take action to close loopholes or reform the ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214680333/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wed, 22 May 2013 00:09:57 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214680333/scat/d805653303cbbba8 CityLens app , LiveSight pulls up nearby locations and displays relevant information like the type of business or attraction, the hours, the address and phone number, and customer ratings. You access LiveSight mode through a dedicated control in the Here interface. Once activated, you'll see the points of interest either overlaid on the standard map or in a mode that resembles Google's ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214679734/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:41:16 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214679734/scat/d805653303cbbba8 U.S. Congressmen Ed Markey and Henry Waxman pen a report outlining the increased hacks on power grid computer systems, saying that one utility receives about 10,000 attempted cyberattacks per ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214679733/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 23:41:15 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214679733/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Among the thousands of file formats that exist in modern computing, the GIF, or Graphics Interchange Format, has attained celebrity status in a sea of lesser-known BMPs, RIPs, FIGs and MIFFs. It was honored as ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214679549/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:53:24 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214679549/scat/d805653303cbbba8 unveiled a new version of Flickr, a photo-sharing Web site. It sure is pretty, with lots of high-resolution,rectangular photos and a clean, grid design. The company is also offering everyone on the site a free terabyte of space to store their photos. That’s potentially enough to stores hundreds of thousands of photos. But the new Flickr still feels like it’s missing one thing: ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214679548/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:53:23 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214679548/scat/d805653303cbbba8 U.S. crude futures prices fell below $96 a barrel on Wednesday after an unexpected increase in U.S. gasoline stockpiles ahead of the summer driving season in the world's largest oil ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214678736/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:50:00 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214678736/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Google) After unveiling an extensive revamp for the Google+ news stream on desktop, Google is now updating what users see when accessing the social network with their cell phones. The Web ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214678684/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:31:06 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214678684/scat/d805653303cbbba8 In a new Pew Report on teens and their social-networking habits, Twitter appears to be offering a resurgence, while Facebook may be losing impact. Because Facebook is just, well, too ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214678683/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 22:31:06 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214678683/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Forget the Space Needle, the e-commerce giant is planning to bring 3.3 million square feet of office space to Seattle in the form of mirrored towers and giant spherical domes filled with plant ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214677755/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:29:51 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214677755/scat/d805653303cbbba8 CTIA kicked off today in Las Vegas. The last event of the wireless show season, CTIA tends to be a bit quieter than Mobile World Congress and CES. Yet, there are plenty ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214677721/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:22:01 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214677721/scat/d805653303cbbba8 the Ethernet protocol made its debut as a way to connect machines in close proximity, today it is the networking layer two protocol of choice for local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs) and everything in between. For many people Ethernet is merely the RJ45 jack on the back of a laptop, but its relative ubiquity and simplicity belie what Ethernet has done for the networking industry ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214677530/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:42:49 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214677530/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Justice Antonin Scalia The Federal Communications Commission's high-profile attempt to defend its net neutrality rules against a court challenge got major support on Monday from the Supreme Court, which ruled in a separate case that regulatory agencies should usually be granted deference in interpreting their own jurisdictions. In a 6-to-3 decision, Justice Antonin Scalia wrote that in ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214677531/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:34:11 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214677531/scat/d805653303cbbba8 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday approved legislation that would bring about the biggest changes in U.S. immigration policy in a generation, setting up a spirited debate in the full Senate next ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214676548/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:14:18 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214676548/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Steve Wilhite, the man who created the GIF, is miffed that anyone -- be it the Oxford English Dictionary or the White House -- should imagine it's not pronounced like ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214676623/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:13:30 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214676623/scat/d805653303cbbba8 mysteriously silent toward the end of April, to the distress and consternation of comics fans. No word -- official or otherwise -- was heard from either parent company AOL or any of the Comics Alliance staff members. However, the lack of updates on the site since April 29, where it usually updated several times a day, seemed to confirm that Comics Alliance was being shelved and archived. This ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214676622/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:13:29 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214676622/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Google) Already known for its speed, Google just boosted Chrome's Web site rendering speed by another 5 percent. The latest stable release of the browser, Chrome 27 (download ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214676625/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:13:28 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214676625/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Spotify) This week the most streamed song on Spotify in the U.S. is "Can't Hold Us" by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, and the most shared song on social networks is "Lift Me Up" by Five Finger Death Punch. How did this information become available? Spotify launched a new feature Tuesday that provides weekly updates of the 50 most streamed and viral songs ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214677532/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:13:27 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214677532/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Vodafone has 3G airwaves in 11 circles and offers nationwide high-end data services through roaming pacts with Bharti Airtel and Idea Cellular. (Pic by ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214677556/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:09:46 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214677556/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Tom Bergin LONDON (Reuters) - Apple's ability to shelter billions of dollars of income from tax has hinged on an unusual loophole in the Irish tax code that helps the country compete with other countries for investment and jobs. A U.S. ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214676322/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:53:17 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214676322/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Intel) Former Apple and Palm executive Mike Bell has been picked by Intel to steer the company's newly-formed new devices ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214673994/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 18:01:06 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214673994/scat/d805653303cbbba8 today’s announcement of Microsoft’s new Xbox One came a special highlight for TV fans: the news that Steven Spielberg would be producing a live-action series based on ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214674214/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:59:13 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214674214/scat/d805653303cbbba8 is a crowd-sourced digital magazine made in just 48 hours, chronicling how our conversations with our things are thoroughly changing our world. Learn more ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214675233/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:58:37 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214675233/scat/d805653303cbbba8 TOKYO (Reuters) - Few foreign activist investors have made much headway in forcing change in Japan, where a conservative corporate culture favors long-standing ties with banks, business partners and workers rather than shareholders seeking ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214673962/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:57:37 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214673962/scat/d805653303cbbba8 CNET's Bridget Carey breaks down the new features of the Xbox One, including live TV and Kinect controls, and what questions Microsoft still needs to ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214675234/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:52:45 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214675234/scat/d805653303cbbba8 If you are using more than one Mac, or have replaced your Mac with a new one, there are several ways you can migrate your account to the new system. Conventionally, when you get a new system you are presented with the OS X Setup Assistant, which will guide you through migrating your data from an existing system or a backup. In addition to Setup Assistant, you can use Apple's Migration ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214674017/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:52:44 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214674017/scat/d805653303cbbba8 iPad for the hotel last October in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. "The Gold & Co. London 24-carat gold iPad is the ultimate in luxury accessories, hence we wanted it to be paired with Burj Al Arab, the world's most luxurious hotel," Amjad Ali, CEO of Gold & Co. London, said in a release. "The symmetry is obvious, as both the gold iPad and the hotel are ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214674016/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:52:44 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214674016/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Xbox One users must install games on the console's hard drive, which means a disc can't be easily sold or shared. But Microsoft says it will support secondhand ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214674018/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:52:43 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214674018/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue May 21, 2013 5:10pm EDT * Ex-Rutgers quarterback Hart may challenge use of image * Activision, Take-Two, media companies supported EA By Jonathan Stempel May 21 (Reuters) - A divided federal appeals court has revived a lawsuit against Electronic Arts Inc by a former Rutgers University star football quarterback, who accused it of using his image in a video game without permission. By a 2-1 ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214674104/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:10:18 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214674104/scat/d805653303cbbba8 21 May 2013 Microsoft has launched a new Xbox video games console that it claims will become the single device that users need to control TV, video games, music and entertainment in the living ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214672357/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 17:02:13 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214672357/scat/d805653303cbbba8 CNBC's Sharon Epperson discusses the day's activity in the commodities markets. Traders remain focused firmly on tomorrow's testimony from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. And expectations for this week's oil ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214672358/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:57:51 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214672358/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Credit: James Martin/CNET) Microsoft's Xbox One home-entertainment console has three operating systems at its core, company officials said during the Tuesday unveiling of the device. Why three? Marc Whitten, Microsoft's chief production officer of its Interactive Entertainment Business, explained during the hour-long reveal event in Redmond, that there'd be ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214671019/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:47:54 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214671019/scat/d805653303cbbba8 NEW YORK (AP) -- Microsoft is the last of the three big video game console makers to unveil its latest gaming system. Tuesday's unveiling comes nearly eight years after the Xbox 360 went on sale. It follows last fall's debut of Nintendo's Wii U and a preview in February of the upcoming PlayStation 4 from ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214671020/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:46:57 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214671020/scat/d805653303cbbba8 1 of 7. Apple CEO Tim Cook (C), CFO Peter Oppenheimer (L) and Apple Head of tax operations Philip Bullock appear before a Senate homeland security and governmental affairs investigations subcommittee hearing on offshore profit shifting and the U.S. tax code, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 21, ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214671388/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:45:43 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214671388/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Reuters) - Sony Corp is considering evaluating a proposal from top shareholder Third Point LLC to spin off part of its movie and music business, Japanese daily Nikkei ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214671022/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:45:11 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214671022/scat/d805653303cbbba8 You might have missed a Samsung ad for its Evolution TV Kit. However, almost 9 million have analyzed its depiction of men as Neanderthal slobs on ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214671080/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:41:00 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214671080/scat/d805653303cbbba8 It's not the bizarre monsters that really bring out the aggression in gamers, concludes a study that monitored Quake 3 Revolution players. It's the human-like characters that get people ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214671082/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:40:58 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214671082/scat/d805653303cbbba8 inability to access their systems' internal optical drives . Once installed, inserting a disc results in a couple of noises before the disc is ejected. While this can sometimes happen for burned discs that are no longer readable, it appears to happen for all discs, be they home-burned or commercial. If this is happening on your system, first try testing the problem with multiple operating ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214671081/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:40:58 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214671081/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Logitech Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad for $39.99 shipped . It lists for $99.99 and sells elsewhere (like at Amazon) for around $75-80. True to its name, the Ultrathin Keyboard Cover for iPad is an iPad cover with a built-in keyboard -- and it's ultrathin. It connects via Bluetooth, runs for months on a battery charge, and holds your tablet in either portrait or landscape orientation. ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214671083/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:40:57 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214671083/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Xbox One , and it will be a machine that will wear many hats. But what did we learn about the games? First off, Microsoft tells CNET that the Xbox One will not be backward compatible with any previous Xbox game. Xbox One games will also need to be fully installed, and if the install disc is used on another console, there will be a small fee for doing so. We don't have a lot of the details ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214671084/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:40:56 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214671084/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Stefano Rebaudo and Alberto Sisto MILAN | Tue May 21, 2013 4:30pm EDT MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia is mulling spinning off its mobile unit along with its fixed-line network to bring new investors on board, three people, including a senior political source, told Reuters on Tuesday. "The three-way split would allow the company to reduce debt and staff costs and favor the entry ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214671631/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 16:30:58 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214671631/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Microsoft has launched the Xbox One, the entertainment and gaming hub that will replace the Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 was released in Winter 2005, and the replacement has been heavily hyped and heading towards us for years. The countdown has finished, the wait is over and we can now confirm that it is called the Xbox One and has an eight-core x86 processor with more than 5 billion transistors. A ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214670582/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:59:44 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214670582/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue May 21, 2013 3:53pm EDT By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO May 21 (Reuters) - PayPal, the online payment operation owned by eBay Inc, will increase marketing spending to support its push into physical stores, President David Marcus said on Tuesday. "You'll start seeing us amping marketing up later this year," Marcus said in an interview with Reuters. PayPal is trying to become a ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214671193/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:53:38 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214671193/scat/d805653303cbbba8 VMware has launched its long-anticipated public infrastructure as a service (IaaS), touting its virtual networking capabilities as a differentiator from other established hybrid cloud ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214670629/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:46:11 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214670629/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Xbox game console Tuesday, touting a device it claims will revolutionize the experience of using your television. Eight years after the launch of the Xbox 360, which is currently the best-selling games machine in the U.S., Microsoft finds itself the last of the three big game-makers to show off new hardware. The device is due out later this year. No price was announced. Here's a closer ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214669258/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:38:55 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214669258/scat/d805653303cbbba8 an apology . John McCain (Rep., Ariz.), after a bout of tax dodging rhetoric, wanted to know why his iPhone was constantly updating its apps. Even Levin was having a hard time getting up a head of righteous steam. Working from staff-prepared notes (and whispered instructions) on material he didn't seem to have mastered fully, he was left, at the end, with no choice but to filibuster. Levin ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214670290/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:38:54 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214670290/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: James Martin/CNET) Microsoft and 343 Industries have recruited film director Steven Spielberg in the creation of a new Halo live-action TV series. The companies announced the new series during ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214669570/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:35:04 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214669570/scat/d805653303cbbba8 With Windows PC sales falling like Steven Tyler at an Aerosmith concert, all the major PC manufacturers are unleashing a brace of innovative, competitive products based on Google's Android platform. In some cases, the Android alternatives go head-to-head with the same manufacturer's Windows 8 boxes, with the Android machines always cheaper and sometimes better endowed. It's almost ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214670583/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:29:25 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214670583/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Xbox One , I was struck by just how many voice commands Microsoft programmed into the device. Kinect brought a rudimentary set of commands to the gaming console, but now everything from opening movies to launching apps can be done via voice. "Xbox, Live TV" may be my new favorite phrase in the living room. Microsoft's not the only one who's betting big on voice commands. The ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214669338/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:40 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214669338/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Live Blog: Next-Generation Xbox Unveiled With the pre-E3 announcement of Microsoft's next living room video game console, the parlor game of speculation about all the missing details can begin. As with ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214669340/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:34 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214669340/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Systems and Materials Research) "Star Trek" food replicators will always be the holy grail of space-snack technology, but we could be edging a step closer to the dream thanks to the work of mechanical ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214669342/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:33 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214669342/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Screenshot by David Carnoy/CNET) Over the years, sports games have become more and more realistic, and EA is promising to take that realism to a whole new level in next-generation versions of many of its popular sports franchises. At Microsoft's unveiling of ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214669341/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:32 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214669341/scat/d805653303cbbba8 With specs revealed for the Xbox One, we finally have a chance to directly compare it with that other yet-to-be-released gaming console, the PlayStation ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214670584/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:31 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214670584/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Live Blog: Next-Generation Xbox Unveiled The Xbox One was just announced, and with it, Microsoft unveiled a new Xbox Live. The service will include more capabilities, such as Skype and a dedicated game DVR for capturing in-game footage. The company also said that users can install games in segments so they can play without waiting for the whole program to install; the system will download and ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214669345/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:27:29 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214669345/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Alistair BarrSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - PayPal, the online payment operation owned by eBay Inc, announced a new partnership on Tuesday with RadioShack Corp that will introduce PayPal into all of the electronics retailer's stores starting this month.PayPal has been testing a way for customers of smoothly store Jamba Juice to order ahead using PayPal's smartphone application and pick up ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214668898/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:46:17 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214668898/scat/d805653303cbbba8 PARIS | Tue May 21, 2013 2:43pm EDT PARIS (Reuters) - France Telecom plans to invest between 30 and 50 million euros ($64 million) in its video-sharing website Dailymotion and begin a fresh search for a partner in the autumn, its chief executive said on Tuesday. Stephane Richard also said in an interview with RTL radio that "the door is not closed" to Yahoo Inc, which had been in ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214669315/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:43:25 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214669315/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue May 21, 2013 3:21pm EDT By Bill Rigby and Malathi Nayak REDMOND, Wash. May 21 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp gave the world a first look at its new Xbox One on Tuesday, announcing that its first gaming console in eight years will come with exclusive video and software content, including a "Halo" series produced by Steven Spielberg. The Xbox One, which will be available later this year at ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214669265/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:23:48 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214669265/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp's new chief executive, Brian Krzanich, has launched a sweeping reorganization of the world's top chipmaker and created a unit aiming to retake the top chipmaker's lead in mobile and ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667662/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:17:58 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667662/scat/d805653303cbbba8 1 of 7. Apple CEO Tim Cook (C), CFO Peter Oppenheimer (L) and Apple Head of tax operations Philip Bullock appear before a Senate homeland security and governmental affairs investigations subcommittee hearing on offshore profit shifting and the U.S. tax code, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 21, ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667593/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:17:26 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667593/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Join CNET for coverage from Verizon's press conference at the CTIA Wireless show. Our live blog will kick off about 30 minutes beforehand and bring you news updates, photos, and running ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667687/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:58 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667687/scat/d805653303cbbba8 The Xbox One has just been announced and Microsoft has unveiled a new Xbox Live which will include more capabilities such as Skype and a dedicated game DVR for capturing in-game ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214669067/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:57 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214669067/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Lab on a Chip describes the fabric's microfluidic platform. Multiple woven threads suck droplets of water off the human skin and into the fabric. Those droplets then drain along the threads and are expelled from the fabric's exterior -- in effect, making the fabric water-repellent. What's more, this expelling action continues to work even after the fibers are totally saturated ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667688/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:56 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667688/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) LAS VEGAS--Sprint Nextel is planning at least one more BlackBerry to join its line up this year. "We're not done with BlackBerry," said Lois Eichelberger Fagan, director of product portfolio for Sprint Nextel, in an interview with CNET on Tuesday. "There's more to ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667690/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:56 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667690/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: PayPal) SAN JOSE, CALIF. -- PayPal spotlighted its retail partners Tuesday, showing off new campaigns for its in-store purchase feature as it tries to get into 2 million locations by the end of this year. PayPal president David Marcus said PayPal is expanding its Jamba Juice "order ahead and skip the line" feature to more of the juice chain's locations and taking ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214669068/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:55 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214669068/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: CNET/Marguerite Reardon) LAS VEGAS --Acting Federal Communications Commission chairwoman Mignon Clyburn said that the agency is not slowing down when it comes to getting new spectrum on the market, even though the commission is down two members. Clyburn, who made her first appearance as the interim head of the FCC at ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667691/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:55 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667691/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Roger Cheng/CNET) LAS VEGAS -- Sprint Nextel's prepaid arm, Boost Mobile, is taking its own stab at the digital wallet. The company on ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667694/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:52 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667694/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Galaxy S3 to its prepaid Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile brands next month. The device will operate on 3G and LTE networks for both operators. The design and features of the reborn GS3 will be unchanged from the original version. Expect the same slim profile and 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display, while inside you'll ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667693/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:52 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667693/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Twitter/USPTO) Twitter has won a new patent that it hopes to use as an example to stem the tide of patent lawsuits. Granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today, the patent named ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667696/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:49 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667696/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Android , which was available as beta software in the Google Play marketplace, is now complete and officially launched. Getting it out of beta means that Opera is confident that most of the bugs are gone and the software is ready for wide ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667697/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:12:48 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667697/scat/d805653303cbbba8 devastating tornado strike in Moore, Okla. , ripped through many homes, displacing irreplaceable possessions, in some cases, more than 100 miles away. In an attempt to reconnect victims with lost valuables, Facebook users across Moore and neighboring areas have created online groups to share information of found items and pets. Tulsa, Okla., resident Leslie Hagelberg lives roughly 100 miles from ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214669070/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:09:22 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214669070/scat/d805653303cbbba8 HAVANA (AP) — A U.S. diplomat has become a sort of tweeter-in-chief for the U.S. mission in Cuba, reaching out to some of Washington's most vocal critics on the island.The U.S. Interests Section has long cultivated ties to dissident bloggers and tweeters. But the mission's deputy chief Conrad Tribble has been reaching out to the communist Twitteratti as well.That has prompted ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665746/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:30:08 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665746/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Euan RochaTORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry no longer owns the fast-paced, innovative smartphone world but the company, whose email-on-your-hip devices once revolutionized the industry, now aims to run it.The change in focus was hard to miss at the company's well-attended annual conference in Florida last week, even as news of a new smartphone model and its plans to offer the popular ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667100/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:28:45 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667100/scat/d805653303cbbba8 BERLIN -- German software giant SAP AG says it plans to recruit hundreds of staff with autism to make full use of their talents to process information.Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties in communicating, emotional detachment and rigid or repetitive behavior.But some people with autism can perform complex mathematical tasks much better than the average population. ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665761/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:21:46 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665761/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Sprint plans to expand its Long-Term Evolution network. Sprint Nextel raised its offer for the wireless network operator Clearwire on Tuesday, just hours before shareholders were scheduled to vote on its earlier ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667393/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:17:27 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667393/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A new poll finds that teens are sharing more about themselves on social media. They're also moving increasingly to Twitter to avoid their parents and the "oversharing" that they see on ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214666872/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:10:16 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214666872/scat/d805653303cbbba8 BOSTON | Tue May 21, 2013 1:10pm EDT BOSTON May 21 (Reuters) - Several U.S. power utilities say they face constant cyber attacks on critical systems, according to a report by two Democratic lawmakers amid warnings from the Obama administration that foreign hackers are seeking to attack the electric grid. Congressmen Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Henry Waxman of California disclosed ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667644/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:10:03 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667644/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Be like a dolphin Dolphins sleep with one eye open, to stay semi-alert to lurking predators and unexpected danger. If you need to use your phone in the wilds of the subway or sidewalk , do so discreetly, reserving at least a portion of your cognitive capacity for minding what is happening around you. Avoid leaving your phone on the table at restaurants, bars and coffee shops where it can easily ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667394/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:09:03 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667394/scat/d805653303cbbba8 FORTUNE -- With data analytics now one of the fastest growing fields in IT, it stands to reason that data scientists are in demand. That's great for people with the requisite skills. The problem, according to Peter Sondergaard, a senior vice president at IT research firm Gartner, is that there aren't enough of them. Of the almost 2 million openings he expects over the next three years ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667104/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:05:49 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667104/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Apple executives defended the company's tax strategy on Capitol Hill Tuesday, claiming that it pays one of the highest effective tax rates of any major ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667396/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:05:47 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667396/scat/d805653303cbbba8 AAPL ) achievements with outrage over its "convoluted and pernicious" (McCain's words) tax avoidance strategies. Sen. Rand Paul showed no such balance. He lit into his own committee's leadership for "dragging" one of America's great success stories into what he called a "show trial." "I'm offended by the tone of these hearings," he ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667395/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:05:45 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667395/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Bad news for Manhattanites who use Airbnb to rent out their apartments temporarily: New York City officials have ruled that the service violates an "illegal hotel" ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665155/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:05:34 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665155/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tumblr allows users to share their thoughts for free with a community of bloggers. A friend of Karp's describes Tumblr as "a place for the lonely to be less lonely." Search for just about anything and you can find a community built around that topic. That friend said that if Karp had not been a bit of a loner himself, when he was a teen, he may not have even been able to envision a ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665150/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:05:33 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665150/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Find out how ActiveSync works with BlackBerry 10 to enable basic security and device management features. See what's involved in setup. And learn about BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10, for full Enterprise Mobility ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667397/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:55:45 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667397/scat/d805653303cbbba8 1 of 7. Apple CEO Tim Cook (C), CFO Peter Oppenheimer (L) and Apple Head of tax operations Philip Bullock appear before a Senate homeland security and governmental affairs investigations subcommittee hearing on offshore profit shifting and the U.S. tax code, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 21, ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214664990/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:54:37 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214664990/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Amanda Ghassaei) Step aside, home photo printer! The age of the 3D printer is just beginning. But then what are you supposed to do with all those digital photos sitting on your hard drive? Well, thanks ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667398/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:47 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214667398/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Maggie Reardon/CNET) LAS VEGAS -- Sprint's sweetened bid for Clearwire represents its "best and final" offer, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse told CNET on the sidelines of the CTIA Wireless show here Tuesday. "You can take that to the bank," he ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665167/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:45 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665167/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Source: Pew Internet Parent/Teen Privacy Survey, July 26-September 30, 2012 (Credit: Pew Research Center) A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project and Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society has mostly good news about how teens approach privacy issues on social-networking services. While "teens are sharing more ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665168/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:44 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665168/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) Will gamers bite at a Wii U console that costs $239 instead of $299? Target is now selling Nintendo's diminutive console at a 20 percent discount off the full retail amount. ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665169/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:43 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665169/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Getty Images) Last updated at 9:38 a.m. PT After stewing in silence for a couple of hours as a parade of senators and professional experts took turns portraying his company as a tax freeloader, CEO Tim Cook offered an impassioned defense of Apple as a solid corporate citizen. Apple has become the largest corporate income tax payer in America," Cook told the Senate Permanent ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665170/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:42 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665170/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET) For many of us, the video below of Matthew Gough falling 1,000 feet after his parachute malfunctioned during a BASE jump is like watching a common nightmare brought to life. Remarkably, the video bears even more similarities to that horrible falling dream than first meets the eye, in that in the end, everything -- including 25-year-old Gough himself ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665165/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:41 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665165/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) Many Flickr users seem none too happy about the new layout, at least according to a heavy dose of comments posted on the site's help forum. On Monday, Flickr's parent ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665171/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:40 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665171/scat/d805653303cbbba8 As CEO Tim Cook prepares to testify before a congressional subcommittee, senators portray Apple as having exploited tax loopholes to escape paying its fair ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665172/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:39 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665172/scat/d805653303cbbba8 announced that it has revised its $2.97-per-share offer for Clearwire to $3.40 per share. The increased offer represents a 14 percent increase from Sprint's previous offer, valuing Clearwire at $10.7 billion. More importantly, it's 10 cents higher than the $3.30-per-share offer made by Dish. Sprint already owns about 50 percent of Clearwire. The company had previously said that its ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665173/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:53:38 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665173/scat/d805653303cbbba8 SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved - and disable it ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214666431/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:52:35 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214666431/scat/d805653303cbbba8 fossil skulls - but these are the first copies of real human hearts. Constructed from plastic, they are exact anatomical replicas of the hearts of patients with unusual complications. This one is being held ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665577/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:46:13 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214665577/scat/d805653303cbbba8 According to the Associated Press the US military has shut down WiFi services at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and blocked personnel from accessing social networking accounts. US military personnel have been blocked from accessing Facebook and Twitter in response to an Anonymous operation meant to raise awareness about prison conditions at Guantanamo, although nothing bad has happened so ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214664866/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:15:53 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214664866/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Blackberry Q10 and Z10 smartphones, which must be a blow for the Canadian smartphone maker. When asked whether he had used the Blackberry 10 operating system, Reed said simply, "No." Then he elaborated a bit, saying, "Like many people I was a Blackberry addict from 1997 or 1998 through to the iPhone but I haven't tried [Blackberry 10]. We don't currently support ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214664867/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:15:52 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214664867/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Samsung relied on rival Apple for 83 percent of its processor revenues in 2012. As a semiconductor vendor Samsung is second only to Intel, however most of its chip revenues come from selling memory and controller parts. According to analyst outfit IC ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214664869/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:15:51 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214664869/scat/d805653303cbbba8 . The developer apparently has some inside knowledge about the company's plans, tweeting on Monday that the firm will launch a "Senseless" version of the HTC One, just ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214664868/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:15:51 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214664868/scat/d805653303cbbba8 HAVANA -- A company that monitors global Internet traffic says another branch of the Venezuela-to-Cuba undersea fiber-optic cable has come online, connecting the island to nearby Jamaica.Internet analysis firm Renesys says it detected the new traffic between Cuban state telecom monopoly Etecsa and Cable & Wireless Jamaica beginning May 13.Renesys analyst Doug Madory announced the new ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214663531/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:07:47 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214663531/scat/d805653303cbbba8 In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an introduction of the new iPhone 5 in San Francisco. Cook is scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill Tuesday May 21, 2013, to explain the company (TM)s tax strategy, which a Senate subcommittee says lets it avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214664356/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 12:05:17 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214664356/scat/d805653303cbbba8 FORTUNE -- If the subcommittee report is any indication, Tim Cook and his colleagues will face tough questions Tuesday from Sens. Carl Levin (Dem.) and John McCain's (Rep.) Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. The report charges that Apple ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214664870/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:56:36 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214664870/scat/d805653303cbbba8 bring in extra telecommunications resources to the affected area and will waive overage charges for affected customers through June 30. "Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the tornado," the company said Tuesday. "We are coordinating with local authorities and bringing in additional resources. We recommend text messaging for communications with family, friends, and ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214663603/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:52:49 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214663603/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Intel's chief technology officer Justin Rattner. He said that all that is needed for the PC industry to be swept out of its doldrums is for the Haswell Messiah to arrive to herald a glorious new golden age for the PC. Well words to that effect at least. Speaking ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214664871/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:50:23 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214664871/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Watson software to the health industry where it is going to be telling people what is wrong with them. Watson, which understands natural language, will be trying to make sure that doctors do not make the wrong medical diagnosis. Watson vice-president of marketing Stephen Gold told a digital health conference in Dublin that at the moment one in five medical diagnoses are incomplete or wrong. It ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214664872/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:50:21 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214664872/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Google have been named and shamed for hiding their cash from the US in Irish bank accounts so that they can pay tax in the much cheaper Ireland. In a report to its Senate, the US is seen as blaming the Irish for "facilitating" Apple and Google's tax avoidance antics, something which has hotly been denied by Eire. Deputy Prime Minister Eamon Gilmore told national broadcaster RTE ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214664873/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:50:20 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214664873/scat/d805653303cbbba8 1 of 3. Apple Operations International, a subsidiary of Apple Inc, is seen in Hollyhill, Cork, in the south of Ireland in this October 6, 2011 file ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214663394/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:49:05 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214663394/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Atlassian has revamped the Jira bug tracking tool with a new user interface, which the company said will offer faster navigation and a simplified workflow. "We really tried hard to create a whole new, more efficient Jira," said Dan Chuparkoff, Atlassian group manager for Jira marketing. "It should be easier to use and easier to ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214664874/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:46:13 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214664874/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Lynn La/CNET) LAS VEGAS -- Kyocera is looking to capitalize on one of the phones that has been a quiet success story for the company. The Kyorcera Hydro has been one of the top 10 selling smartphones each month since its launch in August, according to ITG Majestics. The company is looking to build on the Hydro name with the introduction of two new phones, the ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214663478/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:44:04 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214663478/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Pandora) Dying to listen to the new Kanye West album before it's for sale? You just might be in luck. Pandora, the music streaming site and app, on Tuesday ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214663477/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:44:03 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214663477/scat/d805653303cbbba8 STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Ericsson announced on Tuesday plans to shut its telecom cable manufacturing facility in Sweden and would take a 500 million Swedish crown ($75 million) charge as a result.The company said it had given notice of a reduction of 354 positions. It said the market for copper cable had declined while fiber cable demand had grown over the last years, with production shifting ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661989/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:03:58 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661989/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Facebook has made it easier for developers to share information on Facebook through its native Share Dialog for Apple's iOS mobile operating system. Facebook has been feverishly developing its application programming interface (API) ever since the firm introduced it as a way for firms and developers to plaster the service with adverts and user generated media content. Now the firm has made ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214663228/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:03:18 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214663228/scat/d805653303cbbba8 FILE - In this June 5, 2012 file photo, show attendees walk past Microsoft XBox booth at E3 2012 in Los Angeles. With the next Xbox expected to finally be revealed Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Microsoft's headquarters in Redmond, Wash., anticipation for what the company is planning for the next iteration of its gaming console is higher than Master Chief's last spaceship. (AP Photo/Damian ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661960/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 10:01:33 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661960/scat/d805653303cbbba8 OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Sprint says it has raised its buyout offer for the stake in Clearwire it does not already own by 14 percent.Sprint Nextel Corp. said Tuesday that it is offering $3.40 per share for Clearwire Corp. Its previous offer, from December, was for $2.97 per share for the wireless data operator.Sprint says this is its best and final offer. A vote on the previous offer had been ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214662956/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:55:40 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214662956/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue May 21, 2013 9:52am EDT (Adds background on deal opponents, updates shares) By Sinead Carew May 21 (Reuters) - Sprint Nextel Corp raised its buyout offer for wireless service provider Clearwire Corp to $3.40 per share, though some investors and analysts said the new bid was still not enough to overcome staunch opposition. Clearwire shares almost immediately traded at the new offer price, ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214664808/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:52:07 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214664808/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Mobile operators collect huge amounts of data about how their subscribers use mobile data, and that information is starting to go on sale as targeted intelligence that enterprises can use to better reach ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214663242/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:48:50 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214663242/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A group of ex-Nokia software developers unveiled their first smartphone, aiming to prove their former employer wrong by making a success of a technology dropped by the Finnish mobile phone ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214663229/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:44:20 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214663229/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: Brian Bennett/CNET) LAS VEGAS--Tapping into high-speed 4G networks is a real treat but sometimes a signal is hard to find. The new CellMaps Mobile Coverage app for Android is here to help. Announced today ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214663230/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:28:30 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214663230/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Microsoft has made plans for dramatically increasing its supplier shipments of the next Xbox in the third quarter in anticipation of a fourth-quarter launch, according to one ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214662041/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:28:28 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214662041/scat/d805653303cbbba8 By Yeganeh TorbatiDUBAI (Reuters) - Iranians are struggling with slower Internet speeds and limited access ahead of an unpredictable presidential election that has put hardline Islamist authorities on alert for possible unrest.Experts and web users say they believe the Internet obstacles are related to the June 14 presidential vote, the first since 2009 polls in which accusations of fraud - ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661163/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:50:36 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661163/scat/d805653303cbbba8 , the Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 is now sitting pretty with a £460 SIM-free price, and is available to order in both black and white models. The retailer hasn't announced an more specific release date than July ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661824/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:49:57 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661824/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Dell has dumped its own cloud service offering to instead resell services for Joyant, Scalematrix and Zerolag. Dell's public cloud service was the firm's offering that was meant to tempt customers that buy kit from the firm not to run off to Amazon. Now it seems that Dell doesn't want to run its own cloud datacentre operations but resell services through its Cloud Partner Program. ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661825/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:49:56 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661825/scat/d805653303cbbba8 the Motion Pictures Association of America (MPAA) is behind a court order that has blocked access to the Movie2k and Download4all websites in the ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661826/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:49:55 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661826/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Garmin's Nuvi GPS device is getting better at tying into your phone, if you can live with the additional expense. The Nuvi links to a phone through ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661827/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:40:40 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661827/scat/d805653303cbbba8 A. E-mail security is an ongoing issue, but there are basic precautions you can take to help keep your account safer from intruders, viruses and other malicious scenarios. To start, make sure your computer's operating system, security software and e-mail/Web browser program have all the latest updates and security patches installed. Skipping simple or easy-to-remember passwords in favor of ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661828/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:40:40 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661828/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Government plans to amend the 128-year-old Indian Telegraph Act in a bid to check misuse of VoIP, a tool that has become handy for terror and separatist ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661830/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:33:00 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661830/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Indian IT sector , said Krishnakumar Natarajan, Chairman, Nasscom. "This is a one off case and the industry is known for its highest standards of governance," he told ET Now. Natarajan said iGate board has taken a right decision to sack its President and ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661829/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:33:00 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661829/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Executives buying a hot Internet company sound so assured and optimistic. In conference calls to celebrate such deals, they invariably predict accelerated growth for the parent business, a pipeline of new complimentary products and an infusion of entrepreneurial zeal. Check in a few years later, however, and the results are usually mixed. Some Internet acquisitions live up to their blockbuster ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661832/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:29:59 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661832/scat/d805653303cbbba8 AAPL ) overseas tax strategies submitted by the Senate's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Monday is not an easy read. The 10-page overview of tax principles and law in the middle -- a history of how a program to block the use of offshore tax havens begun by President Kennedy was riddled with loopholes introduced by Congress -- is almost impenetrable. Yet you need to wrap your mind ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661833/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:29:58 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661833/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Drawbridge CEO and founder Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan wants to finish what AdMob started. "If there is an unfinished legacy of AdMob that needs to be solved, it's mobile advertising in this next generation ... It's understanding that consumer behavior, to better personalize and make advertising more relevant in mobile." Credit: Drawbridge FORTUNE -- Kamakshi Sivaramakrishnan ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661831/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:29:58 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661831/scat/d805653303cbbba8 FORTUNE -- Flickr, the online photo sharing service, seemed to be heading for the big-time when Yahoo acquired it eight years ago. The site already had a lot going for it: legions of devoted users, a team of respected founders, and a head start on the social media phenomenon. But Yahoo screwed up its potential bonanza. Executives starved Flickr of resources and tangled it in bureaucracy while ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661661/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:29:57 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661661/scat/d805653303cbbba8 , just got a new job. According to the tech giant, Watson will now be employed in customer service centers, used as a tool for both representatives and consumers to get fast, data-driven responses. It's been two years since Watson made its debut on ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661834/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:29:57 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661834/scat/d805653303cbbba8 One of the most politically charged phrases in IT these days is "skills shortage." That phrase may come up Tuesday when the Senate Judiciary Committee, as expected, takes up a series ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661835/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:20:32 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214661835/scat/d805653303cbbba8 (Credit: YouTube/Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET) Nokia is out with another promo showing off the camera of its new Lumia 928 smartphone. A spot posted on YouTube reveals a series ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214660697/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 08:18:30 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214660697/scat/d805653303cbbba8 , and it looks like O2 got the memo today, having begun accepting preorders for the device. Unfortunately it's not as cheap as we were expecting, ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214660459/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:40:50 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214660459/scat/d805653303cbbba8 has claimed to have mounted a successful attack against the CNN website. Reckz0r claimed to have extracted information from the US based 'news' company and posted four fake articles on its website. He made the announcement about the attack on Twitter, following that ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214660460/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:40:49 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214660460/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Yahoo has rolled out a number of updates to its Flickr photo service, including a cleaner home page with less clutter and full resolution images. It has built the renovation around a new photostream that offers an endless scrolling gallery so "it's easy to see what your friends are posting and what they're saying about your ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214660458/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:40:49 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214660458/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Wireless company Sprint Nextel Corp. says it can now let Dish Network Corp. see its books and talk with Dish to see whether its competing offer to buy Sprint is better than its current deal with Japan's SoftBank.The companies said late Thursday that SoftBank had waived provisions of its deal with Sprint that will allow Sprint to talk with Dish.SoftBank currently has a $20.1 billion deal with ... http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214660218/scat/d805653303cbbba8 Tue, 21 May 2013 07:40:08 -0400 http://www.pekingpress.com/index.php/sid/214660218/scat/d805653303cbbba8